1940 Grand Final: Richmond v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 28th, 1940
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,330
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 4 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Melbourne 4 . 8 10 . 11 13 . 15 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin MEL by 14 MEL by 45 MEL by 59 MEL by 39 MEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Perce Bentley (Richmond), Frank Hughes (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Perce Bentley (Richmond), Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Allan Coward
Goal Umpire(s): Reginald Treloar, William Wetenhall
Boundary Umpire(s): Norman Batty, John Lancaster
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob FPL ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce RU ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack CHF ? 1 ?
17 Dyer, Jack RU ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Bert WR ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick FPR ? 5 ?
27 Hull, Ian CHB ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray HFFL ? 0 ?
10 McDonald, Alan WL ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo SUB ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin BPL ? 0 ?
2 Quinn, Jack RO ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George FB ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Laird HFFR ? 0 ?
4 Steele, Ray HBFL ? 0 ?
19 Symons, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack FF ? 3 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie C ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 10 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd WR ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron CHF ? 2 ?
11 Ball, Harold BPR ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron SUB ? 0 ?
24 Beames, Percy RO ? 2 ?
9 Emselle, Richie BPL ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred FPL ? 1 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie HFFL ? 0 ?
32 Hingston, Dick HBFR ? 0 ?
1 Jones, Gordon CHB ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan C ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col HBFL ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack RU ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack RU ? 2 ?
19 Roberts, Frank FB ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby FPR ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm FF ? 7 ?
5 Truscott, Keith HFFR ? 1 ?
23 Wartman, Ray WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total 15 17

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Richmond Coach: Perce Bentley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
9 R. Emselle 19 F. Roberts 11 H. Ball 1 P. Bentley (c) 22 L. Merrett
20 D. Harris 12 J. Titus 23 B. Bawden 17 J. Dyer

FORWARD 2 J. Quinn

HALF-BACK



25 C. McLean 1 G. Jones 32 D. Hingston



8 L. Smith 18 J. Crane 7 R. Martin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 R. Wartman 17 A. La Fontaine (c) 36 S. Anderson



2 B. Edwards 13 B. Waldron 10 A. McDonald FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Mueller 31 R. Barassi
HALF-FORWARD 29 J. O'Keefe

10 M. Gibb 15 R. Baggott 5 K. Truscott 24 P. Beames

15 J. Cotter 27 I. Hull 4 R. Steele



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 F. Fanning 4 N. Smith 30 A. Rodda



19 J. Symons 24 G. Smeaton 16 K. O'Neill



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes

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